Abstract: Research suggests that online communication is associated with increased closeness to friends and friendship quality. Children under 13 years of age are increasingly …
Abstract: Reserve and National Guard forces have been mobilized to an unprecedented degree in recent overseas conflicts. There is concern that rates of psychological problems may …
Abstract: Background: The efficacy of psychosocial therapies for common mental health disorders in veterans is unclear and requires further examination. Method: Systematic review …
Abstract: Purpose: Many military women are being called to separate from their children to go to war. Most previous research has focused upon paternal, rather than, maternal, …
Abstract: Study objectives were to compare mental health outcomes of a peer-led recovery group, a clinician-led recovery group, and usual treatment and to examine the effect of …
Abstract: Purpose: The primary aim was to describe the perceptions of military mothers regarding separation from their children over the trajectory of the wartime deployment …
Abstract: This article reviews the literature on deployment trauma and examines the limitations of conventional understandings of trauma as they relate to veterans' experiences. …
Abstract: In this study of 45 clergy in a military town, the role congregationshave, if any, in providing pastoral care to military congregants andtheir family members was …
Abstract: Service members and veterans who now no longer fear reprisal due to the repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy are in a position …
Abstract: A national veterans covenant would serve as the touchstone for creating a more effective and coordinated community system for delivering services to veterans and their …
Abstract: Different countries have varying definitions of the word “veteran,” which in turn influence the benefits that ex-Service personnel receive. However, public opinion …
Abstract: Every year thousands of returning military, state, and local police officers and civilians of every description suffer from the intrusive symptoms of posttraumatic …